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Title: Recrafting Youth Risk Assessment: Developing the Modified Positive Achievement Change Tool for Iowa

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 0163-9625

DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2019.1609302

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Abstract: Risk assessments have become prevalent in the juvenile justice field. Many of these tools are adopted off-the-shelf and not adapted to fit the characteristics of a jurisdiction’s justice-involved youth. We examined the Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT) in Iowa. Although used widely, the PACT is relatively unmodified. We updated the tool via item selection and weighting, gender-specific models and multiple outcomes, developing the Modified Positive Achievement Change Tool (M-PACT) for Iowa. We identified an average predictive accuracy increase of 7%. Evidence of reduced racial disparity was also observed, and research implications outline the need to customize assessments to improve predictive accuracy.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2019.1609302

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Authors: Hamilton, Zachary; Kowalski, Melissa A.; Schaefer, Roger; Kigerl, Alex

Periodical (Full): Deviant Behavior

Issue: 10

Volume: 41

Pages: 1268-1289

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other

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